The CBI has taken over the investigation of the Balasore train accident. Today again the CBI team will visit the accident site and check the interlocking system and signaling system. Earlier yesterday also the CBI team had inspected the site and the railway station. The CBI team also went through the preliminary report of the railway investigation and studied the statements of all railway employees and officers who were on duty at the time of the accident.
CBI to take statements of officers and employees again
According to the information, the CBI will again take the statement of all the officers and employees related to this accident. CBI is working on every angle of the conspiracy. After questioning yesterday, the CBI team took away the register and other documents present at the station with them. The station manager was informally interrogated by CBI officials in his cabin. CBI is also closely studying the data logger records, this is an important aspect from which the real cause of the accident can be known.
CBI started investigation at request of Railway Ministry
The matter was handed over to the CBI after railway officials’ initial probe indicated tampering with the “electronic interlocking system” and suspected “sabotage” behind the accident. The presence of the train is detected through the ‘Electronic Interlocking System’. On June 2, at the request of the Ministry of Railways, the CBI registered a case in this regard and started the investigation.
278 people died in the accident
Three trains met with an accident near Bahanaga Bazar station in Odisha’s Balasore district at around 7 pm on Friday. In one of the worst rail accidents in the country, 278 people died and more than 1100 were injured. Experts have said that both passenger trains were at high speed, which is also the reason why so many people were killed in the accident.
